Learning to live and work together in an ecovillage community of practice
Ecovillages are citizen-organised residential communities that strive for a more sustainable way of life based on a culture of cooperation and sharing, as deemed necessary to support a shift to a post carbon world (Dawson, 2006; Lockyer and Veteto, 2013; Korten, 2006). While much can potentially be...
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| description | Ecovillages are citizen-organised residential communities that strive for a more sustainable way of life based on a culture of cooperation and sharing, as deemed necessary to support a shift to a post carbon world (Dawson, 2006; Lockyer and Veteto, 2013; Korten, 2006). While much can potentially be learned from the study of these experimental sustainable communities, perhaps their greatest contribution is to help us understand how to transition from individualism and competition in order to live ‘smaller, slower and closer (Litfin, 2014)’. Drawing on a social theory of practice (Wenger, 1998) and concept of communities of practice (Lave and Wenger, 1991; Wenger, 1998), this paper considers how one ecovillage is learning the social competencies necessary to live and work well “in community”, and in doing so, it coconstructs and sustains a cooperative culture |
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| spelling | doaj.art-35dca4251d594d0a80807339351edcde2022-12-21T17:30:57ZengLinköping University Electronic PressEuropean Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults2000-74262017-10-018217919410.3384/rela.2000-7426.rela9092Learning to live and work together in an ecovillage community of practiceLisa MychajlukEcovillages are citizen-organised residential communities that strive for a more sustainable way of life based on a culture of cooperation and sharing, as deemed necessary to support a shift to a post carbon world (Dawson, 2006; Lockyer and Veteto, 2013; Korten, 2006). While much can potentially be learned from the study of these experimental sustainable communities, perhaps their greatest contribution is to help us understand how to transition from individualism and competition in order to live ‘smaller, slower and closer (Litfin, 2014)’. Drawing on a social theory of practice (Wenger, 1998) and concept of communities of practice (Lave and Wenger, 1991; Wenger, 1998), this paper considers how one ecovillage is learning the social competencies necessary to live and work well “in community”, and in doing so, it coconstructs and sustains a cooperative culturehttp://www.rela.ep.liu.se/article.asp?DOI=10.3384/rela.2000-7426.rela9092Ecovillagescooperative culturesocial competenciessituated learningcommunities of practice |
| spellingShingle | Lisa Mychajluk Learning to live and work together in an ecovillage community of practice European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults Ecovillages cooperative culture social competencies situated learning communities of practice |
| title | Learning to live and work together in an ecovillage community of practice |
| title_full | Learning to live and work together in an ecovillage community of practice |
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| title_short | Learning to live and work together in an ecovillage community of practice |
| title_sort | learning to live and work together in an ecovillage community of practice |
| topic | Ecovillages cooperative culture social competencies situated learning communities of practice |
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